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		7speter on April 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Backdoor That Keeps Russian Oil Flowing into E... North Korea, Cuba, and Iran didn’t get sanctioned for staging an invasion against another country. Iran invaded another country and didn’t have nukes…

croes on April 10, 2022 | [–]

You mean Iraq invaded another country, after they failed invading Iran with western support.

unmole on April 10, 2022 | [–]

The question at hand is the practical impacts of economic sanctions against Russia. Imagining Russia will capitulate by next winter when much weaker regimes managed to hold out for decades is pure fantasy.

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